Disadventure

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Misadventure, misfortune. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "They passing by, a goodly Ship did see, / Laden from far with precious merchandize, / And brauely furnished, as ship might bee, / Which through great disauenture, or mesprize, / Her selfe had runne into that hazardize […]"

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"They passing by, a goodly Ship did see, / Laden from far with precious merchandize, / And brauely furnished, as ship might bee, / Which through great disauenture, or mesprize, / Her selfe had runne into that hazardize […]"

Etymology

From Old French desaventure.

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